Canning Fruit Jams and Spring Vegetables Guide
Canning guidance covers best produce for jars with two hour rule from garden to kettle. Recipes include Strawberry Rhubarb Conserve Raspberry Cherry Conserve and Sunshine Strawberry Preserves. Instructions cover sterilizing jars, sugar ratios, pectin use, and pressure canning for spinach asparagus and peas. Ends with request for a roasting chart from Lynn Chambers via Western Newspaper Union.
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Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Two Bucks Easy Trade on Mules and a Rooster
Johnny and Ike score two dollars by brokering a mule trade with Bill Ford. A morning walk to barter ends with Bill taking the mule team for cash, plus a red fighting rooster and Johnny earning a dollar commission. Ike jokes the rooster is too tough to eat and the deal nets him a quick profit.
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Ike Melvin
Johnny
Ike
Bill Ford
Bill
Red Rooster
Separate the boys to save Cyrus and Tony
Kathleen Norris offers guidance to a Hartford mother facing a family dilemma. The analyst advises separating the brothers, placing Tony at a distant school with careful family ties, while preserving Cyrus at home with devoted attention and shared reading and activities.
Lynn Says Popular Observations for Homemakers
Practical kitchen tips encouraging variety in cooking. Use soured milk for muffins, pair rice pudding with seasonal fruits, and enhance meats with mustard on patties. Bake with orange juice and rind instead of milk in biscuits. Include fish pairings and beet cubes with sour cream. Try stuffed tomatoes with cucumbers cottage cheese and sour cream for a new twist.
Lynn Chambers Menu Highlights A Leftover Ham Salad
Lynn Chambers shares a point saving menu item set featuring leftover ham potato salad spinach and grapefruit strawberry salad with whole wheat bread rhubarb dessert and a beverage option. The menu emphasizes practical use of ingredients and a balanced plate.
Son Comes First and the Boarding School Dilemma
A mother who adopted a sickly baby boy to companion her older son sees the younger child grow into a charming boy who eclipses Cyrus. With the father soon abroad she plans boarding schools, but Miss Norris argues this is not the right course for the boys.
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Jean Morgan
Hartford
Connecticut
Howard
Tony
Cyrus
Miss Norris
Women crew added to CN dining car line Halifax to Sydney
Three women join the main line dining car crew on the Canadian National Railways route from Halifax to Sydney under a male steward. One serves as buffet cook, another as pantry girl, and a third as waitress. The shift from all male staff draws much attention. The waitress wears a maroon-edged uniform with matching apron.
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Canadian National Railways
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Sydney
N. S
Folding stands and plywood trays for carry a tray parties
A hobby pattern explains cutting and assembling folding stands and plywood trays for outdoor meals. Mrs Spears provides an actual size pattern No 268 with materials list and illustrated directions for easy making at home. Pattern costs 15 cents including mailing. Address provided.
Capitol Flags Used as Personal Prop for District Gifts
A Capitol display flag is often the property of a congressman rather than the government. He displays it for a day at the Capitol to boost its value before presenting it to a school or organization in his home district.
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Cyrus
Washington
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Green Peas
Kathleen Norris
By Kathleen Norris
Lynn
ITH Wyyeth
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Capitol
Vera Vle
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